None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of an Australian designed cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for insomnia called Sleep-e. Insomnia is a very common sleep problem but many people do not access available treatment. Online interventions that are delivered via the internet, such as Sleep-e, can increase the communities’ access to treatment, and improve health outcomes. 70 participants with insomnia related sleep difficulties will be recruited into the study. Participants will be recruited either through completing the e-PASS online assessment on www.mentalhealthonline.com or through advertisements on mental health websites such as beyondbue and Reconnexion. Participants will initially complete a range of questionnaires via the internet about their sleep, and also complete sleep diaries outlining their current sleep patterns. Participants will then complete Sleep-e, a 7 week online program based on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. Every week, participants will be asked to read one module, complete homework activities based on the module, and also complete weekly sleep diaries. Participants will be given questionnaires and sleep diaries to re-assess their sleep and insomnia immediately after the program has been completed, as well as three months following completion. Twenty participants will also be interviewed by telephone regarding their program experiences and satisfaction.
Interventions
An online cognitive behavioural therapy program for insomnia called Sleep-e. Sleep-e is a 7–week interactive CBT program for insomnia. It comprises 6 modules including psycho-education about sleep and insomnia (Module 1), stimulus control and sleep restriction (Module 2), sleep hygiene and relaxation (Module 3), cognitive restructuring (Module 4 and 5), and a relapse prevention module (Module 6).
Participants will be asked to complete the first module over two weeks and the remaining modules ov
An online cognitive behavioural therapy program for insomnia called Sleep-e. Sleep-e is a 7–week interactive CBT program for insomnia. It comprises 6 modules including psycho-education about sleep and insomnia (Module 1), stimulus control and sleep restriction (Module 2), sleep hygiene and relaxation (Module 3), cognitive restructuring (Module 4 and 5), and a relapse prevention module (Module 6). Participants will be asked to complete the first module over two weeks and the remaining modules over one week each. The anticipated duration to complete each module is approximately one hour. Strategies used to monitor adherence to the intervention will include online checking of completion of daily sleep entries, date last logged in, page of program last accessed and dates of completion of surveys.
Sponsors
National eTherapy Centre, Swinburne University of Technology
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
a)Clinical or subclinical symptoms of Insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index score greater than or equal to 8) b)18 years of age or older c)Australian resident d)Access to the internet
Exclusion criteria
a)Current psychological treatment for insomnia b)Extremely severe levels of depression, as measured by the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales, DASS-21 (A score of 14 or more on the DASS-21) c)No access to the internet d)Not able to understand English e)Under 18 years of age f)Non-Australian resident
Outcome results
None listed